absor 2014-12-08 12:28
Game just closes/crashes a lot for some reason but well done with the multiplayer, it actually worked without too much lagginess (2 players). Later I couldn't start the game even though it was connected to server.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD31 → Bit Raiders (multiplayer)
By hexicube
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fun | 223 | 3.48 | ||
| Overall | 393 | 3.35 | ||
| Theme | 557 | 3.60 | ||
| Innovation | 585 | 3.09 | ||
| Graphics | 1086 | 2.18 | ||
| Coolness | 1856 | 35 |
Game just closes/crashes a lot for some reason but well done with the multiplayer, it actually worked without too much lagginess (2 players). Later I couldn't start the game even though it was connected to server.
Just played against the creator for a while - I absolutely love it!
Now this is a great concept executed well, fun/10
Just so you both know, right mouse makes the game 5x better. :P
Game looks like fun, however after 5 seconds of play the game just crashes. I won't vote of course. But the idea is cool. Not very innovative but seems to work fine as for the rest. Shooting arc is very handy.
If it's crashing a lot download this, put it in the same folder, and run using it:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13281778/LD31.bat
That should make it give an error I can use to fix the issue(s).
Seriously impressed to see a multiplayer game come out of LD! Great fun to play. Needs some SFX :-)
I wanted to add SFX, but the sound system would have taken too long. :<
Really good fun! Pity about the crashing. I entered several times to try and see what was causing it,but its definately related to the projectiles:
Error is actually caused by an ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception :
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -1 at org.tilegames.hexicube.LD31.entities.Arrow.tick(Arrow.java:43)
at org.tilegames.hexicube.LD31.map.Map.tick(Map.java:42)
at org.tilegames.hexicube.LD31.Game.tick(Game.java:355)
at org.tilegames.hexicube.LD31.Game.render(Game.java:132)
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Hope that helps you out mate, game is pretty good fun otherwise :) Gratz on all the multiplayer stuff!
Will watch and rate if you manage to get this sorted out! Or leave a comment on my page when its fixed that I'll spot to get me to head over here :)
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(Stack Trace cont:)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.jglfw.JglfwApplication.render(JglfwApplication.java:254)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.jglfw.JglfwApplication.frame(JglfwApplication.java:222)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.jglfw.JglfwApplication.start(JglfwApplication.java:197)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.jglfw.JglfwApplication.initialize(JglfwApplication.java:177)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.jglfw.JglfwApplication$1.run(JglfwApplication.java:87)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exactly what I needed solace, I'll have a fix rolled out. I also appreciate you constantly trying to make it work! :D
Also, does the map wall have gaps in it for you? Seems like it might based on the error.
See if that fixes the issue, solace.
Well done mate. Tons of fun :D Glad to see its all fixed up! Thanks for leaving the comment - I can rate now :)
Good, also that drop shot you did actually made me laugh IRL and start playing hardball! :P
Oh the one when we were stood testing the collision on the walls? I was toooo tempted lol! xD
My favorite shot was the double thrust upwards, over the platform and boom! downwards headshot! Was about the only time I hit you though I think :P
The collision one was pretty funny too, you were basically like "Oh, that's the issue...FITE ME!".
That double-thrust one was the drop shot I think, just completely owned, at least until I started going for the spree! :3
Would have loved to play against someone. But the game seemed like a fun concept, particularly jumping around, so I will just rate the fun criteria.
Damnit, missed you by 10 minutes, was playing something else...
Had trouble running on X64 ubuntu:
$ java -jar LD31.jar
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
X Error of failed request: 255
Major opcode of failed request: 155 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 17 (X_GLXVendorPrivateWithReply)
Serial number of failed request: 83
Current serial number in output stream: 86
Ahah, your server/client protocol is fun. I liked the idea, even if I couldn't play a lot since there was no other players.
Moko, that's a very peculiar bug, I don't think I can fix that one. You could look up if you need a library?
Thanks for playing with me! cool game! I Included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Kdfz6b6_ebE
Hey, glad to see someone else (other than my brother) who worked on an online game! I was the guy who was named something like sgdfs, I had fun playing! A few problems though, the damage system was hard to follow (like how low on hp you were, how low i was) and the trajectory system was quite hard to control and line up. For the jumps, it seems like it didn't follow the intended trajectory at all sometimes. Apart from that and lack of graphics and audio, the gameplay is there and it's mega fun. Great work setting up a reliable multiplayer server in 48h!
One thing though, not relating to the game. You said this in a rather sour post on the blog:
"After looking through the game list a couple times, I really can’t find any that interest me. I don’t want to vote because of bias against them"
This is extremely rude and uncalled for! The current system is set up so that you get as many ratings as you give out (to a point) and it's set up that way for a reason. You can't just say "everyone's games are terrible I won't bother"... There are literally 2500 of them! I've only played around 30 and I've already absolutely loved a few.
I really didn't mean the start of the post like that. It was more that they weren't to my tastes, and I didn't want to vote with an opinion that was skewed in a way that disfavoured games that didn't really deserve it. I'm not exactly a word artist, even though my posts tend to take on the size of one.
I'm by no means stating that some of them are terrible, I simply judged by the appearance and text post for the games that they simply didn't seem like the kind of game I would be able to give a fair vote on.
I wouldn't go around saying point-and-click adventure games all suck because RPG FPS games are so much better, that IS rude and IS uncalled for. Instead, it's more "I want to avoid giving an opinion that is unfair to the author because I don't like that genre".
Before making that post I really tried to find games that seemed to me like I would find them interesting. If I recall correctly, about 30 of them looked interesting, but I've only voted on 12 because a number of the other ones weren't for windows (one was even android only, not sure how that expects to get many votes). However, maybe I should reconsider my approach to that, after all I mind find an unexpected gem hiding in the pile that I really enjoy.
As for the feedback, I can respond with the following:
- I wanted to include health bars on people, but was for some reason fixated on the idea of uncertainty
- The damage system is 100% based on velocity, which follows a (slightly) quadratic curve and encourages skilled charge shots that go really fast
- Jumps don't line up because the predictor doesn't account for horizontal drag, you can use left/right movement to counter-act it though
Tried to give it a go... but I got a long series of "Connecting to Master Server" / "Unable to connect". I'll try again later.
BTW, +1000 for the key rebinding options. Us soutpaws really, really appreciate that. :)
I went to bed about an hour before you tried, was extremely tired and it was like 6am for me then. I really need to find a temporary dedicated server for it so people can play it with friends.
Very awesome game ahhahaha great work :3
Um...pretty sure I never had the needed servers up at around 5pm yesterday for you to be able to play...
i loved it
Nice graphics! So minimalistic.
Couldn't connect :(
I've been struggling to find the time to keep servers up because of christmas, they should be up now.